The Sun. — London, England, 1808-11-05 00:00:00

MALI S. A a Gottenbufgh, I Dublin. Duz—z 3 Waterford. HIGH WATER aT LOMOCM BRIDGE TO-MOR- _ ROW. Mcarting, 42 min after 3. JAfternoon. 57 min, after 3, MONDAY. Morning, ri min. after .. Afternoon, 3o min. after 4. THE SUN. soLe&T QUIS OICERi 7A LSUIVI AUD.AT? L 0 N D 0 V, 6ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1 BUONAPARTE left Rambouillet the day before Mr. Ski-AWE arrived in France, a proof that• he knew what rnust be•the result of his proposals, which he of course calculated in such a manner as to secure reje63ion. Mr. SIIAWE was treated with great civility in all places, and permitted to walk about 'Paris, in company with the French Messen ger who brought the aspatches to this Country. It is said that Mr. SHAwE did nor bring back any Dispatches for Government, but merely a French Newspaper, which stated the departure of BUONA PARTE for Bayonne. We have already given our Readers the substance of his Speech to his Senate, and though other accounts of it. are in circulation, they do not mate rially differ from our own. By his manner of speak ing of America, it is evident he considers the Em bargo as advantageous to France, though the Pre sident pretends that it is equally hostile to that Country and Great Britain. Two Goitenlurgh Mails and some lan burgh Papers, to the 22d ultimo, arrived last night, but their contents are 'extremely uninteresting. The Imperor - ALExANDEft was expe&ed at Riga on the loth, from Erfurth. The public Print which has been so pesev - ering in its attacks on Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, and all his family, said yesterday, with a politeness equal to its candour, referring to the Portugal Convention— " after all, the man may be really innocent." What " after all" the rancour that has assailed him in so many quarters, and in which the Paper alluded to has taken a leading and conspicuous part ! But it adds, " yet, if this should' be the case, and judg ment be passed accordingly, who that witnesses the sinister efforts of hisfriends, will not suspect that he has owed his acquittal less to the evi&ion of that in nocence than to the influence of those efforts ?" This interrogation is as indecent a prejudication of public opinion as any of t he attacks upon Sir A. WELLESLEY himself. Is it possible to suppose that if a Court, un impeachable for knowledge of the subjed ordered to be.investigated, as well as for integrity, should pronounce an opinion honourable to Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, the Public will suspeel that that opinion was influenced by " the sinister efforts of his friends !" The insinuation is a libel not only upon the Court, but upon the British cha raaer. The public, on the contrary, at this moment, give Sir A. WELLESLEY credit for having conduaed himself in a manner worthy of his high talents and character, and, far from suspe6tin.g a Court, so com posed, of the least partiality, arising from sinistrou s influence,will cordially receive an opinion honourable to his charafler, as a confirmation of its own liberal presentiment in favour of 4 n Who is justly number ed among the brightest ornaments of his Country.— As to these " sinister efforts of his friends," we again affirm we have good aathority for saying , that even the nearest conneEtions of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY have declined interfering, direaly ,s, indirefily, in his behalf, and that Sir ARTHUR him self has properly observed a rigid silence upon the whole transaaion, reserving himself till.the time of investigation, snd resolving to submit himself wholly to the judgment. of his Country. Yet this is the man , who has been so rancorously assailed, and whose family have been • indecently held forth as objeEts for public censure. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, the Dukes of KENT 3rtd CUMEERLAND, PrinceNses AUGUSTA, So rt-11A, and AMELIA, accompanied by Lady G. Mute-. RAY, General FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in the Great Palk, at Windsor, and returned at twelve. By thii. time, we believe, the expe6ted attempt has' been made on Martinique and some other of the french West India Islands, wi l d we hope we shall soon have to record another conquest. Sir GEORGE PEEVOT will have at least 7000 men under him ; 400;) of these he carried with him from North Ame tica. A letter from Rio de Janeiro of the 6th Angust statvi, that Sir SYDNEY SMITH had• dispatched the BeYbrd Man of War to Monte Video, with a faith ful statement of the whole of the transaaions in Spain, up to the latcst dates received by him from England. A tnessenger went in the Bedford, charged with dispatches from Sir SYDNEY and the Portuguese Government at Rio de Janeiro, the substance of Nilhich is supposed to relate to the opening a corn rner6,ll and friendly intercourse with the South Ame ricans. 'lt very proper that the public should know that the Major HoGAN, in whose name a libel has been written against .an illusttious Personage, left this country for America on the day before the publi cation. • • NAVAL NEWS. PoaTsmotrrH, Nov. 4.—Arriyed His Majesty's Ships Linnet and Redpole frohl a cruize, and Merope horn the Eastward. Sailed the Vaae:y; DENNts,-for Guernsey. His Majesty's - Ship La Gloire gives instruEtions and takes convoy to the West Indies. - His Majesty's Ship Furious also takes convoy to the Downs. FALMOUTH, Nov. 2.-- . -Passed by the Fleet for the Mediterranean ; several Ships from hence have sailed to join it. GOTTENBUEGH, OCT. 28.—0 n the .26th inst. a convoy arrived here from the Baltic; several of them have been aground. Three of the Fleet are burnt by the Danes—one of them a Russian. A Vessel has run on shore a Effiburgh by the terrible storm we have bad. DEAL, Nov. 4.--Carne down from the River his Majesty's Ship Camilla, and remains in the Downs with the shii). as per last. ' Early this morning. the Archtr Gun-brig drove on shore at the north end of the town, and it is feared 'has received much damage. EgNOCK; Nov. t!.—On Thursday siinnight the Nelly and Peggy, KERR, of Ayr, with a cargo of square timber from Mao% for Messrs. H. M‘Kts socx. and Co. in attempting to make Ayr harbour, was prevented by another Vessel sticking on the bar, and driven by the swell on the beach behind the barracks, where the life-boat went out to her and brought the people ashore. The Nelly and Peggy made Jura on the 7th ult. where she was dismasted in the storm of the Bth. She left Jura on the 15th. Since she has been ashore, her stern-post has been beat off in the storm of Tuesday sr,;'nn CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 3. On Monday Robert Walpole, B. A. of Trinity College, was admit►.ed to the degree of Master of Arts. At the same time Charles Devon and John ConnOp, of. St. John's College, and Philip Douglas, of Bene't College, were admitted to the degree of B. A. A Grace was proposed to the Senate, and carried in the affirmative, that the vicarage of Burwell, in this county (one of the University livings), he aug mented t Gpl. per :Hamm above its present income. This living was very lately given . to the Rev. Mr. Baines, M. A. of Christ's College. A dispensation has passed the Great Seal, to en able the Rev. Richard Smith, Domestic Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and formerly Felloui of Trinity College,,Cambridge, to hold the reitory of Jevington, with the vicarage of Westhatu, in the county of Slissex, both in the presentation of the Right Hon. Lord George Cavendish. After the embarkation of the Cavalry in this coun try, there will be embarked in Ireland a brigade of Cavalry and two brigades of Infantry, which will be joined by another battalion of the Scots Royals, 73d and 75th Highlanders, 77th and 87th or Prince of Wales's Irish Heroes (2d battalion), 88th or Con naught Rangers (Ist battalion), and some compa nies of the Rifle Corps. A number of Regiments still remain in Ireland fit for service, among which may be reckoned the 7th, 2d battalion ; 53d,. 2d ditto; 66th, .2d ditto; 69th, 2d ditto ; 88th, td d i tt o; an d several others. The 1 i th, 2d battalion, embarked about ten days since at Dublin for England. The 2d battalions of the sth, 40th, &c. &c. 'are also on the list of those ready and willing to be immediately employed. The regular forces in Great Britain are still very numer- , It has been reported lately, than an embargo had ous—the 2d battalion of the 87th, tst battalion of been laid on all vessels in Russian ports. A letter the 88th, and the 2d battaliOn of the 89th, expe& to of the Bth ult. from Si. •Petersburgh is in town, up be shortly employed. The 50111, 62d, 63d, and other to which date no such measure had been resorted to, second battalions, are nearly complete. The 68th, nor was it then expected. 74th, .84th, and . 85th, all single battalions, are . al , THE THEATRE.—Hi g hI y to t h e h onour of the most fully recruit e d, an d t h ere i s reaso n' to believe Covent-Garden Pat e ot ees , notw i t h standing their that 2d battali ons w ill b e a dd e d to each. The 68th in particular has be e n much distinguished own heavy losses,' they opened th e Ki ng ' s Th eatre for its last. night, for the Benefit of the Sufferers by the late services in the West Indies, from whence it only re- , dreadful Fire. The Play, too appropriate to the cently returned a ' mere' skeleton, after Many years , occasion, was The Mourning Bride. Nlr. KEMBLE arduous duty. This regiment • suffered severely both and Mrs. SIDDONS, as well as many of the chief in Officers and men, and was repeatedly made up Performers of the Theatre, very laudably came for with new levies, chiefly from Ireland, where it war d i n support of this very meritorious act of benc served a considerable time previous to embarkation volence, and exerted themselves with all doe zeal, for foreign service. The 2d b atalions of the 3d, •to gratify an Audience impelled to visit the Theatre 4th, 15th, 25th, '2Bth, 301 h, 32d, 34th, 35th, 39th, upon motives honourable to the human chara&er. 58th, 71st, 72d, 79th, 82d; and 96th, are likewise The Patentees, willing to render the Performance nearly full ; in fa..a, very few of the weakest of our particularly attratlive, allotted their last dramatic second battalions,, such have been the exertions produaion of The Forest of Hermonstadt,' that the lately displayed in the recruiting service, .consist of charm of novelty might a id t h e cause of benevolence, double the numb e r. Th e secon d b atta li on of the Enoch less than 500 men , an d some o f t h em near] and the result, we are h a ppy t o say , will consider=- y ably increase the Fund assigeed to the victim s o f i tat, commanded by Si r C HARLES A SGILL, now misfortune. It was natural to expe& that a Per one thousand strong, was created .within less than formance would take place for this beneficent pur-. a month, principally by Volunteers from .the Irish pose as Mr. HARRI S , as we mentioned, when we , , Militia. Ifirst reported the calamity : asked, the moment he Yesterday morning the 16th Light Dragoons marched from Ipswich, on 'th e i r route to Fahnouth, heard of it, if a n y li ves b a d b een l ost, an d being an for .which pl ace • swered in the negati v e, spo k e li g h t l y o f t h e destruc- 1 • three troops of th e :14th marched tion of his prop er ty ; an d as Mr. KEMBLE, we know, ~from Romford on Th urs d ay , b ot h b e i ng under orders to embark for Sp a i n . employed him s elf t h e same d ay in consoling those • T heir route was, in the first whose losses w e re t r ifli ng , compare d with h i s own. instance, for P o rt smout h ; but, in consequence of It is stated in a. Morning Paper of this day , h It the accidents to which cavalry are subject by con- mi. rNT the ....Dune QA iNORTHUMBEULAND has presented ten tinuiug for any length of time in transports, these thousand. pounds to Mr. KEMBLE, _in consequence regimeuts are ordered to embark at Falmouth, in . preference t o P or t smout h, of the injury which his f o rt une h a d rece i ve d b y the . - - destructiu nof Covent-Gard en Theatre. This story . The newly i nvente d b om b , or Shrapnel shell,. as - ► it is has been s ome t i me i n pr i vate c i rculation, thought we - ealled f rom the natale 'of tile inveutor, was•not, ' know n o t if t h ere b e any f oun d ation for it. we understand, hrst tried in Portugal. It was use d with great effe Mr. CRAMPTON, a Gentleman well-know n i t i th e el in the i late attac k o f t h e C ape by ; y circles o f this metropolis, has recently p urc h ase d Sir DAVID B AIRD . I to great ut i l i ty arises' from its gay a share in the Dublin Theatre, *here it is not int- Conveying grape Or cant lister shot to a mach greater Probable that he . may - . be induced to strew 116 . own distance than by any ottler contrivance hitherto in- . ... . . .. . Allows in the histrionic art. - vented. The new Brid ge at V aux h a ll is contrasted for, and '.. Lieut. DOWNIE, of the Sechorse, is - promoted t o ; , the rank of Master an d I ;7 onnnan d er, an d he has re- two years th e ti m e st i pu l ate d for i ts completion ; it . ceived the addition a l h onour o f having his Com . is . to face H orse -V erry 4l oa d , Westminster, where a. mission dated the 6th o f J u l y , t h e d ay of the aclio , -i-• new street is to b e b u il t upon, to lead into Tuthill with the Turkish frigates . ! fields. " MAURICE KLINGSPOR." " fiead-quarters, Lochto, Sept. 30, • I SP olt Ttivo r.rriELLA-,I"A'C'E. _NEWMARKE.I"rHIRD. oc - rmca ETI Nc• FRIDAY, ivov. Mr. Denham's ch. Galloway 6st. 71b. beat Mr , ' George's b. Galloway Kitty, 7st. B.C. sogs. li. ft. I,d Sackville's Deceiver, Bst. 41ib, OJAI Mr. Wyndh2ll l.s Bst. 91b. Ab. M. 20ogS, 7 to 4 agst Deceiver. Mr. Wyndharn's Scorpion, Bst. zib. o ca r I.d Ki nna ittes Achilles, Bst. Slb. Two-yr old C. zot , gs. h. it.-2 to t ag' t Scorpion: Mr. llatson's Headley beat Sir C. Turner's Mr. GundY. Bst. 51b. each. First half of :fib. M. •toogs.---a to t aS SI Headier. Mr. Vansittart's Burleigh, 7st. 71b. beat Ld Kinnaird' s Achilles, Bst. 71b. • Two.yr old C. zoogs. h. ft.-5 too agst :Burleigh. Sweepstakes of 25gs. each for 3.yr olds. Two-yr old C f Mr. Wirson'S Miss Sophia., 751. 71b. - • .! Sir C. hunbury's b. f. Agnes, Bst. 71b. - - Ld'Foley's Cecilia , Sin. - 5113. - • - - - &Subscription Handicap Plate of 5.01. for,3,.yr olds and up wards. D. 1. Mr.' Howortlr.? Lauretta.. 4 yrs 0_(_1 , 7_t. 10__ lh . - Gen. Gower's b. It. Peinoroce, 5 , yrs 7t glb. - - Sir C. itunbury's b. 1. Agnes, try Sorcerer, 3-yrs, iist. alb. 3 Mr. Golding's b. in. Aletryrnaid, 5 yrs, 7st. tab. • - 4 Ld Stawell's b. 1 11rigbron Lass, 3 y rs, -st. 51b. - 5 2 to r agst Laurerta-4 io z aAst ,'vtaryinaid. - , A Subscription Handicap Plate 01'501. far 3-yr olds and Ur • wards. D. I. Ld jersey's b. h. Langton, 6-it's old, Bst. 121 b.,• - I, Mr.. Wilson's b. c. by Hainbletotriaii, out of Totterella, 3 yrs, bst. 31b. - - - - %, • Ld S.ickyilie's en. h. Prospero, aged, - - - , 3 D. of Rutland's b. c. Raintlfer, 4 yrs, L7st. t ilb, - ' 4 • 5 to 4 uFst• I..alig:i.r. -5 !o z agst Prospero. Mr. Pavne's• Bulrush, 8, , t. 210. rec.. tt. from .0 en . . C ro4 ° - venor's Bliseis, Est, 31b. 1). 1. zoo's. sogs. ft; - Mr. Shakespears Discount, rec. 6ags. trorn Sir C. Tur'- ner's Peter rlnnley, Bst. 7tb. etch. Al). M. zcogs. h. ft. Mr. Shakespears Seliin, Bst. 121 b. agst Mr. Ferifior's,- Cerberus, Bst.. ' R. g. I.ogs. h. ft.—Offby Consent'. Ld jersciy 's Whistler, Sst. 51b.. agst t;en, Grosvendf ICifletna9, Sst. I'wo-yr old C. 50g5..-011 by consent. . I EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LISBON, DATE° - Sk;PX. !lo p . 1808,,. TO A GENTLEMAN IN DUBLIN. -1, "1. cannot but cotninunica;e ti you an acco u nt cA a fuost .sigu4.,outrage,, committed by the nal:hal - 0 5 Intendant of the Police of BUONAPAhTE iil this cilYi P. L4G4ItDC, on a very undtfending British subjedt which has excited universal l to all ranks of people on yoa' side of the water. " You may 'remember to have seen, during yea r residenceln this city, a respeetible Physician, D 1 ". O'CONNELL, a native of the County of Cork the 20th of August s happening.t o adin ire a very.fin e horse, rode by a 'Rena ,Officer, he asked a Ger man attilleryman; bubo rides this fine horse; wig it zs his name?" The German made no reply but French Corporal, viewing the Dolor with a ma' lignant eye, denoUnced him to the Intendant' charging him as a spy wishing to know the numbe r of - troops, artillery, state of provisions; &c. in tl l °. Castle ot.St. George. This inc.. - ediole and infanno oo story was eagerly swallowed by LA GARDE ; D is r ; O'CoNNELL was imm e di ate ly se:ze d, an d brouP:,- before him, and wi t ho u t l istening to any dab btat the insinuations of the base corporal, "Vv'' threatened to be immediately shot : his exposttr lations were temperate, y e t firm, asserting tit absurdity absurdity of the char g e against o n e w h ose WO of life was so superior to such views, only We!" . tamed by the outcasts Of society—all was in V in —he was committed to a IoW and horrid dunge'P e of the Inquisitio n , with as scan ty a ll owance as tl' e , meanest criminal could expect, and that only O V in 24 hours,' not allowed the tr , ,e of pen and nor to walk but of that horrid cell to breathe iv small' contiguous gallery—judge you what wer the feelingsof our much-injured countryman ~, he mast in all probability have soon become a tim to the petty tyrant's diabolical revenge against a •harmless and truly unoffencting British subjett, 1) 3 not the account of the glorious victory of Virriie r _frightened the petty tyrant, and caused his release. This unmerited and barbarous treatment the more cruel, as Dr. O'C. was under the pro te , - ; .tion of Russia, having, s oon a f ter t h e arr i va l o f o t Russians, been appoint e d first physician to the fie e ; it was an outrage committed tin a useful chara` e , and member of society, a n d t o w h om an AibL rine Governme n t wou ld h ave b e h ave d in a Mu re i , dignified manner, than the up s tart representative °f ' the Paris . Modern Police, the formor Secreta r y ItOBESPIERfiE, and inheriting the bloodbf the notorious Darnieni . the assassin of LOuts XV."' K• The - Princess. of WALES'S•Apartnient at _be sington Palace are n ear ly comp l ete d , a s far 05:ee v. interior' decoration ext en d s . The idls of the t''' ec i State apartments arc cov;Jrcd with a rich er nbos s _ crimson paper, with a n ea t bl ac k an d go ld ni°L 3id ing, forming each side into pannels. These thr . rooms are connetted together by large folding d ° 9 l ; s " which are made o cca s i ona ll y to recede into tltC and totally dishpperrr. Magnificent glasses, of no' ll proportions, are fixed over the chimneys at ec lc end, extending the robin , ; & etre ad iTifinituni." _, We understand the curtains are of crimson tin, lined with- green ; the draperies en suite/ Three diamond cut-glass chandeliers 'are 5 ' 3 1 5 ; pended fi . Qin the ceiling ; th e y are of exgois,l- .beauty. be other furniture, suc h as chairs, - 131 1 ".„. sofas, carpets, Sze. are not yet determined uP.41 . 1 Her Royal Highness's bed-chamber is also hugg' it ici imson., u correspond With the other rooms' contains a superb bedstead of the Grecian for each end being termin.tted by camels heads, s ' o ' s ; porting richly carved pillars, crowned with a beautiful dome, the whole in white and curtains are of crim son em b osse d sat i n, l i ne d ‘ 3l r green silk, tastefully d ecorate d w i t h a G rec i a n w, eery of the same ma t er i a l s . The c h a i rs and tbie in this rootware of white and gold, to suit the t' w `' The tops of the tables are or her i--11 - hness'i ct .o, work, and consist of fanciful designs in wa ter . I c ot i lours. The Princess likewise gave; the ide a ',,te drawings for this truly superb bed. The suborJil`oo. rooms are very tastefully fitted up, every :We' ° o f, being paid to the domestic part of the estabiishweex-.. . The entrance to the grand apart,iients from Ow - t ic terior consists of a nobly proportioned Grecian Pt: a , • portico, supported by pilasters at the angles, PO led with luouklings a la Grec, and a corniced:, unison. The whole is executed in stucco vi c ' tie producing a very chaste and neat etre& surrounds . the court in the body of the bu"`" tro ni which is now inclosing with r glass sashes ; tb er Which arcade are entrances to the-kitchens arld. ° li a • domestic apartment s , th e w h o l e o f w hi c h are , up upon new and improved prin c iple s . rc ; A lighter, supposed to b e l o ad e d with coals , o r s• yesterday seized in th e Ri ver; b ut . u nder . c f it was discovered a carg o o f F renc h pl ate glass/ WO' 10,0001. GOTTENBURCH MAILS. GOTTEkBCRGH, OCT. 28.—Letters from F.a, of 'the loth 06tober, say, " that the Emperor ALEX ANDER was epeded there every moment, loaded with presents of carriages and different toys which he had got from BUoNAPARTE," The result of the conference is not yet known. _ The Stockholm G aze tt e o f • October 21, has the following article:— . . " Head. Quarters, Satnbana,-Qa. t 6..., " His Royal Majesty has received the following report from Field-Marshal Count KLINGSPOR, dated Knopeo, Sept. 3g, touching the retreat of the whole Northern and part of - the Southern Finnish Army from their positions near 'Lindulax, Kourlam, and Sematos Loppfjeid to Kelevee and Kronko Bridge, north .about Old Carleby. The Northern Finnish Army had advanced from Wasa, agreeably to the concerted plan, in order to combine, it possible its operations with those of his M a j es ty' s troops,awho were to penetrate from Sweden into South Fin land. But this plan, having been altered in copses quence of several circumstances which uneXpeol edly took place, 'and the enemy having been every whet considerably reinforced, .he began to a& of fensively. Relyincs on the gallantry which the army under my command had constantly displayed, I en deavoured- to maintain a position which covered the most fruitful part of East Bothnia, although nay line of operation and defence extended from Lin-' dulax and Omyssa to Lappfjeid, nearly twenty-eight miles. The enemy commenced his effensive opera tions with an, attack on Karstula and Lindulax,-. in which he succeeded, on account of the vast suise riority of numbers, a n d f orce d th e detachmeet com manded by Lieutenant-Colonel FIEANDT to fall back teOld.Carleby. General USCHAKOFF attacked afterwards Kanhojocki on the 2Gth of . August, but was repulsed, notwithstandiag his force was far -su perior to - ours. On the 29th of August Lappfjeid was attacked by SCHEPPELEFF, who was also repuls- . ed; but in the mean time 'a considerable Russian corps assembled near Alawo, at least seven thousand' to eight .thousand men strong, under the orders of Generals 'KAMINSKY and RAJEFSKY,,WhiCII at tacked our positio n n e ar K owstane t h ree succes sive days, the 3 tst of August, Ist and 2d of September, without the enemy.. having been able to• force our above position ; but in consequence of his having re ceived very considerable reinforcements, he pushed on Kanhojocki, by which movement the communi .cation between Lappo and Lappfjeid was cut off; and as, according to a report received from Major Baron VEGESACK, the enemy was also advancing with considerable reinforcements against Lappfjeid, it appeared dangerous to me to let the army remai n any fonger in its extensive position, and 1 accord ingly gave orders to retreat. This retrograde move- . meat, inosight of an enemy vhstly superior in nuni her, and from a position so very extensive, was not easily effeEted. The 'enemy having, already made demonstrations against Old Carleby, and it appearing hazardous to me to give battle before all the de tached corps should have joined the main body, I endeavoured by vatiousanaaCeuvres to promote that junelion while all the different troops belonging to the army under my command continued to fall back. , Baron VEGESACK'S.corps joined the . main body on tho 1 i th near Lillkyro, and Wasa was evacuated.— The enemy had pushed on as far as New and Old Carlsby, and closely pursued our troops. .. On the 17th the army put itself in motion from-New Carle by, in sight of the enemy, and took up, on the 21st, the position near Kanko bridge, which it still occu pies, and which secures its communication with t h e troops who are a&ing in the environs or Sawolax. Your Royal Majesty will graciously be pleased to • perceive by the circumstances above stated, that this' retreat was not only unavoidably necessary, but that it was also performed with great correaness,, order, and succe,s. Not a single piece of cannon, amulu nition, waggon, or provision cart having been lost during the whole of this long retrograde movement, in sight of an enemy far superior in number. •